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Rotogravure an Evolving Process

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ...  A variety of ink solvents can be used, which offers a wider binder selection in ink formulations. High-color print densities can be achieved. The gravure ink is measured accurately and ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 2

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... catalyst level in standard formulations can compromise anchorage performance. An additional characteristic of this new polymer is flatter release profiles across the peel speed range, while the availability ...

OPP Film Peru Enters US Market with "Great" BOPP Product

(Archive)

October 21, 2004, ... and accurate machine processing. Our specially designed co-extruded formulations and variety of presentations offer a wide range of uses for the food packaging and industrial markets." The film producer ...

People & Places

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ...  Ted Gilbaugh joins the technical staff at Keystone Aniline Corp., Chicago, IL, to work on new product development and formulation as well as supply chain enhancement. David Smith joins Alpha Converting, ...

3M/Emtech Emulsion Technologies Go Digital with New Line of Label Materials

(Archive)

September 12, 2004, ... ultra-removable formulations," adds the manufacturer. New Customer-Friendly Web Site to Launch Next Month 3M/Emtech also says its newly redesigned web site — 3m.com/converter — will provide converters ...

New Inks Have a High IQ

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... the form of jet inks and conventional screen printing inks, and claims to be able to monitor oxygen as well as carbon dioxide. Applications include food, pharmaceutical, and medical packaging. Ink formulations ...

Avoiding Surface Contamination

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... may be ingredients in the formulation of the plastic film added to help processing or to offer another property or characteristic. If such materials stay embedded deeply within the film, they may not ...

Rise & Fall of Printed Film COF

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, ... and ink formulation will provide a high degree of COF consistency. Dr. Richard M. Podhajny has been in the packaging and printing industry for more than 30 years. Contact him at 267/695-7717; ...

A Recipe for Flexo Printing Success

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... Keep your ink systems separate, and document the proper system based on the characteristics of the product. Ink formulations—How did we make the ink last time? Are we using the same ingredients? Did we ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... the complete Petco business to include all manufacturing assets associated with the polyester extruded film business, as well as its proprietary product formulations and trade names. It will continue to ...

Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... performance characteristics of the barrier primer. For the coating formulation tested in this study, the variables that most influence oxygen barrier performance are coating application weight — higher ...

Film Wettability Not So Simple

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... wettability on a substrate for a specific printing apparatus. Ink formulators improve ink wetting through creative formulation of ink ingredients, while the printer uses press adjustments and surface treatment ...

Bio Break Down

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2004, ... limited in comparison to non-blended formulations. If compost programs include restaurant waste or even hot, moist coffee grounds, blended products can have poor results. Blended products also would include ...

Competitive Investment Strategies for Packaging Converters

(News | New Products)

March 08, 2004, ... technologies. These advancements have affected prepress, platemaking, ink formulations, substrates, printing and converting equipment, and even the final product. It is becoming increasingly difficult ...

Appleton Introduces Ream Wrap MoistureBloc; Delivers Moisture Barrier and Is 100% Recyclable/Repulpable

(News | New Products)

March 04, 2004, ... convertibility with a patent-pending coating formulation that provides outstanding moisture barrier protection. MoistureBloc for ream wrap has been certified repulpable by Great Lakes Pulp & Fibre to ...

Less Coating, More Control

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... ‘exotic.’” “Radiation curing is getting more popular,” Ostness notes,” [due to] new laminating adhesives and primer formulations, new hardcoat/topcoat coating formulations, and webs becoming more frail ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... been listed as yet by the FDA for the relatively recent strong emergence of UV and EB ink, adhesive, and coating formulations.” Explains RadTech board member Ron Golden, “Without FDA clearance, when ...

Coating and Laminating: At the Heart of the Packaging Industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ... labels per roll, and print-friendly topcoatings on paper stocks enable lower grades and calipers to be used. Adhesive formulations now favor emulsions and hot melts, with the new UV hot melts approaching ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... market. We can coat aqueous and solvent formulations in either direct, reverse, or offset gravure modes and our flotation ovens, with independent top and bottom side heating, assure controlled drying and ...

UV & Jet Inks: An Exciting Combo

(Materials)

January 30, 2004, ... versions that use organic materials as diluents. The advantage of water-based-formulated UV jet inks is that these formulations produce low-viscosity inks. The inks are formulated with UV-curable resin ...